Hello! So I’ve been away for quite a long time and I’m really feeling out of practice! Over here in (rather grey) Bath, UK, I have been experiencing Mum guilt of the worst kind! Both my husband and I started new jobs and the children went back to school, which meant a flurry of Mum …
Phew! What a crazy few weeks! It’s taken me a lot longer to write the next instalment of my “Let’s Make Professional Jewelry” journal than I anticipated! Project 3 – making hoop earrings, was meant to be completed between 20th June – 10th July. In all honesty, I was a little late (and I still …
Here in the UK, we are rapidly approaching the end of the school summer term and 6 whole weeks off school! What am I going to do with the children for 6 weeks?! Unfortunately, we are still in the midst of the Covid pandemic, with various restrictions in place in England. One requirement is the …
Have you been watching Loki on Disney+? I have! My husband and daughter are big, big Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) fans… although she’s only 8, they’ve watched all of the movies together (except Deadpool and Venom, which we thought was a bit age inappropriate), as well as Wandavision and the Falcon and the Winter Solider. …
I very recently had the honour of being asked to make my first commissioned piece of jewellery. For me, it was a big honour, as it was a 19th birthday present to a fellow taekwon-do student from her parents. I knew it had to be special! Perhaps, you can judge for yourself? A Bit about …
After all the excitement of “All That Glitters”, I needed to slow the pace a little and spend some time learning and improving my jewellery making skills. I would love to do a course such as the “Silver Diploma” over at Jeweller’s Academy, but at this stage in my life, I don’t feel I can …
I can’t believe that “All That Glitters” has been finished for 3 whole weeks! I’m having serious withdrawal symptoms and at a loose end on a Tuesday evening. That said, I’m also very relieved to have removed that self-inflicted pressure to produce a piece of jewellery every week! So here I am again, with my …
Have you ever wanted to put intricate details and designs onto jewellery? Or wondered how it’s done? I have! In particular, I’ve wanted to be able to put Chinese characters on my designs. One way of putting beautiful designs directly onto silver is by etching the silver with ferric nitrate. I first had a go …
Can you believe that next week is the final of “All That Glitters“? The last six weeks have just flown by! This post is Part I in a 2-part series about my Hawaiian Honeymoon cuff… read more to find out why it’s in 2 parts! Week 5 was very exciting as it was the first …
Welcome to my 4th All That Glitters challenge! Phew! I can’t quite believe there are only two more episodes of “All That Glitters” left! Whilst I’m sad that I’ll have to find new entertainment for a Tuesday night, I confess that I’m relieved that I won’t be doing quite so many challenges after this! Don’t …
Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th Be With You! Well, I’ve just finished Week 3 of my self-imposed “All That Glitters” challenges, and what a week it was! I don’t think I’ve felt this stressed or frustrated in a very long time! But now that it’s all done, I feel a strange sense of …
Another week and another episode of “All That Glitters” – the second week gave the viewers the chance to get to know the remaining seven jewellers a little bit better. It was a tough week, with the jewellers set a “Bestseller” challenge to create a chain collar. And yes, the first thing I did was …
I have a lot of friends who love crafts – all kinds of crafts, from knitting and needlework through to pottery and wood burning. They’re a talented bunch, and we love nothing better than to share our latest creations with each other. At the moment, we’re all just waiting for social distancing restrictions to ease …
Hi! Welcome & thank you for joining me mid-week! I’m planning an extra special weekly “All That Glitters” challenge for the next 6 weeks, to coincide with the brand new jewellery programme, “All That Glitters“, which started here in the UK last week. If like me, you’re fascinated by the world of jewellery making, then …
Hello and welcome to my latest post – I hope you’ve been enjoying my little updates and projects! Today marks the start of a new series of blog posts that I’m undertaking, kicking off with this one, the simple ring band. It’s been about 3 months since I came back to the fascinating art of …
The great thing about making jewellery is that there are so many materials, techniques and styles, which means it’s going to take me a while to explore them all and hopefully I won’t get bored too quickly. This week’s project is a little bit unusual! Have a look: If you were born in the 80s, …
Today, I’m bringing you my latest project – a wire wrapped sakura ring! Hope you enjoy it! Ring a Month Challenge Last week, I mentioned that I had joined various Facebook groups for jewellers. Well, another one that I came across was the “Make a Ring a Month 2021” group. I discovered the group after …
This week, I’m taking a break from wire jewellery because… my workshop is finally ready, my kids have gone back to school and I’ve made a spinner ring! So I now have a couple of days free in the week, which I’ve been spending obsessively in my workshop (read: glorified summer house! But I don’t …
I’m very excited to share this one with you all because it’s my first design that I’ve done in almost a decade! It’s been a couple of months now, since I took up jewellery making as a hobby, again. I’ve been working almost exclusively with wire wrapping (although this week, I finally took up the …
For everyone in the UK – Happy Mother’s Day! Today I’m bringing you my latest wire project, which I’ve decided to gift to my Mum! It’s a wire wrapped key-ring, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with you! Click below for a quick look at my video “Mother’s Day Gifts (Short Version)” on my …
In today’s project, I’m making an adorable mummy & daughter matching bracelet set… thanks to prompting by my 8-year old daughter! Click here for a quick overview of the full Grandma, Mommy and Me bracelet & keyring set! Musings on Jewellery Taste I’ve been musing recently about how my taste in jewellery has changed over …
I have been on a jewellery making mission for the past week or so. Having now given wire wrap a go, I find that I’m loving it! It’s so quick to see results, whereas my silversmithing projects have taken weeks and in some cases, months! I have a lot of different pieces to share with …
Sunday evening and the kids are in bed (phew!). It’s been a funny Sunday. You know that feeling when you’ve hit the end of the week and you know Monday is just around the corner, but you really can’t motivate yourself to do anything? Yes? No? Maybe just me! Anyway, I got to around 2pm, …
Kung Hei Fat Choy! As I write this, Chinese New Year is just a day away (12th February 2021), so our household has been really busy with preparations! Chinese New Year is all about family! We celebrate with lots of good food, traditional lion dances and lots of noise to welcome the incoming year. And …
It is rapidly approaching the last day of 2021, as I write this post. I thought I would take the opportunity to share my reflections of 2021 – my first year back to making jewellery and back to writing this blog. Recognising that it has been a difficult year for most people around the world, …
I admit that I have been very, very quiet over the past couple of months, and for that I can only sincerely apologise. I have no excuse other than it was really difficult to find any time for myself whilst my children were off school! But, September has rolled around and my children are back …
